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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the Washington, DC Area

156 open roles for software engineers at 31 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Herndon, VA; typical pay runs $130k–$266k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin31$158k/yr
Vantor17$135k/yr
Northrop Grumman12$143k/yr
Anduril10$223k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation9not stated
AST SpaceMobile9not stated
SpaceX9$163k/yr
Viasat8$213k/yr
Boeing5$159k/yr
L3Harris5too few figures
Redwire5$121k/yr
Blue Origin4$220k/yr
Elveo Mobile4not stated
Iridium3$115k/yr
Muon Space3$240k/yr
Quantum Space3$135k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton2too few figures
Johns Hopkins APL2too few figures
Planet2too few figures
Rocket Lab2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
BlackSky1too few figures
CACI1too few figures
KBR1too few figures
Leidos1too few figures

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What people ask about software engineers' work in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies hire software engineers in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (31 roles), Vantor (17 roles), Northrop Grumman (12 roles), Anduril (10 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (9 roles), AST SpaceMobile (9 roles), and 25 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (38), Herndon, VA (35), Washington, DC (18), Rockville, MD (13), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $160k/yr, with typical pay from $130k–$266k/yr. For reference, the 69,060 software developers working in the Washington, DC area, in any industry, earn a median $155k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $160k/yr today, 3.3% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

Do roles for software engineers in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.